| Practice Area | Minimum Ranking | Likely Ranking |
| Alcohol Beverage Law | 3 | 3 |
| Bankruptcy | 3 | 3 |
| Bankruptcy - Creditors Rights | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Compliance | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - General | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Technology Transactions | 3 | 3 |
| General Practice - Transactional & Litigation | 3 | |
| Litigation - Commercial | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - White Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Administrative Law | 3 | 3 |
| Adoption Law | 2 | 3 |
| Advertising & Marketing | 3 | 3 |
| Air | 3 | 3 |
| Alcohol Beverage Law | 3 | 3 |
| Antitrust and Competition - General | 3 | 4 |
| Antitrust and Competition - Litigation and Investigations | 3 | 4 |
| Antitrust and Competition - Mergers and Acquisitions (Corporate) | 3 | 4 |
| Asbestos - Defense | 2 | |
| Asbestos - Plaintiffs | 2 | |
| Asylum | 2 | |
| Bankruptcy | 3 | 3 |
| Bankruptcy - (Chap. 13) | 3 | 3 |
| Bankruptcy - Consumer Credit | 2 | 2 |
| Bankruptcy - Creditors Rights | 3 | 3 |
| Bankruptcy - Debtor | 3 | 2 |
| Bankruptcy - General | 3 | 3 |
| Bankruptcy - Litigation | 3 | 3 |
| Bankruptcy - Restructuring (Chap. 11) | 3 | 3 |
| Business Immigration | 2 | 2 |
| Cannabis Law | 2 | 2 |
| Climate Change | 3 | 3 |
| Construction - General | 3 | 3 |
| Construction/Developer - Agreements & Transactions | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Asset / Investment Management | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Compliance | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Contract Law | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - General | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - M&A | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Private Equity | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Securities and Capital Markets | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Technology Transactions | 3 | 3 |
| Corporate - Venture Capital/ Emerging Companies | 3 | 3 |
| Criminal Law - Defense | 2 | 2 |
| Data Privacy | 3 | 4 |
| Data Privacy - Litigation | 3 | 4 |
| Data Privacy - Transactional | 3 | 4 |
| Democratic/Republican Party Representation | 3 | 4 |
| Divorce Law | 2 | 2 |
| Education | 3 | 3 |
| Education - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Education - Districts | 3 | 3 |
| Education - General | 3 | 3 |
| Education - Higher Education | 3 | 3 |
| Education - Plaintiffs Representations | 2 | 2 |
| Education - Special Needs | 3 | 3 |
| Elder Law | 3 | 2 |
| Employment | 3 | 3 |
| Employment Law - General | 3 | 3 |
| Employment Law - Litigation Employer Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Employment Law - Litigation Plaintiffs & Class Actions | 2 | 2 |
| Employment Law - Management (Compliance & Counseling) | 3 | 3 |
| Employment Law - Traditional Labor Law (Unions) | 3 | 3 |
| Employment Law - Wage and Hour | 3 | 3 |
| Employment Law - Wage and Hour - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Employment Law - Wage and Hour - General | 3 | 3 |
| Employment Law - Wage and Hour - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Energy - Renewables - Transactional | 3 | 4 |
| Energy and Oil & Gas - General | 3 | 4 |
| Energy and Oil & Gas - Litigation - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Energy and Oil & Gas - Transactional | 3 | 4 |
| Entertainment and New Media | 3 | 3 |
| Entertainment and New Media - General | 3 | 3 |
| Entertainment and New Media - IP | 3 | 3 |
| Entertainment and New Media - Transactional | 3 | 3 |
| Environmental and Land Use - General | 3 | 3 |
| Environmental Law - Litigation | 3 | 3 |
| Environmental Law - Litigation - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Environmental Law - Litigation - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Environmental Law - Transactions & Compliance | 3 | 3 |
| ERISA - General | 3 | 4 |
| ERISA/Executive Compensation | 3 | 4 |
| ERISA/Executive Compensation - Litigation | 3 | 3 |
| ERISA/Executive Compensation - Litigation - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| ERISA/Executive Compensation - Litigation - Plaintiffs | 3 | 3 |
| ERISA/Executive Compensation Transactions & Compliance | 3 | 4 |
| Estate & Tax Planning | 2 | 2 |
| Family Immigration | 2 | 2 |
| Family Law | 2 | 2 |
| Family Law - General | 2 | 2 |
| Finance - Banking | 3 | 4 |
| Finance - Financial Services Regulation | 3 | 4 |
| Finance - General | 3 | 4 |
| Finance - Project Finance | 3 | 4 |
| Finance - Public Finance | 3 | 4 |
| Finance - Structured Finance | 3 | 4 |
| Finance - Transportation Finance | 3 | 4 |
| Fintech & Blockchain | 3 | 4 |
| Food & Drug Law | 3 | 4 |
| Franchise Law | 3 | 3 |
| General Practice | 3 | |
| General Practice - Real Estate & Corporate | 3 | 3 |
| General Practice - Transactional & Litigation | 3 | 3 |
| Government - General | 3 | 4 |
| Government / Public Law | 3 | 3 |
| Government and Government Relations | 3 | 4 |
| Government Contracts | 3 | 4 |
| Guardianship and Conservatorship | 2 | 2 |
| Health Care | 3 | 4 |
| Health Care - Compliance / Transactions / HIPAA | 3 | 4 |
| Health Care - General | 3 | 3 |
| Immigration | 2 | 2 |
| Immigration - General | 2 | 2 |
| Information Technology | 3 | 4 |
| Insurance | 3 | 3 |
| Insurance - Regulatory & Compliance | 3 | 3 |
| Insurance Coverage | 3 | 3 |
| Insurance Defense - General | 2 | 2 |
| Insurance Plaintiffs - General | 2 | 2 |
| Intellectual Property - General | 3 | 3 |
| Intellectual Property - Patent Licensing | 3 | 4 |
| Intellectual Property - Trademark/Copyright - Litigation | 3 | 3 |
| Intellectual Property - Trademark/Copyright - Transaction | 3 | 3 |
| International Law | 3 | 3 |
| International Trade | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Litigation - Chemical Engineering | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Litigation - Computer Engineering | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Litigation - Electrical Engineering | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Litigation - Life Science General | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Litigation - Software | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Litigation General | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Biochemistry | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Biology | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Biotechnology | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Chemical Engineering | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Chemistry | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Computer Engineering | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Computer Science | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Electrical Engineering | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Hard Science General | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Hard Sciences | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Hardware | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Life Science General | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Mechanical | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Physics | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent - Software | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Patent General | 3 | 4 |
| IP - Trademark/Copyright | 3 | 3 |
| Labor & Employment | 3 | 3 |
| Land Use & Zoning | 3 | 3 |
| Lemon Law - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - ADA Compliance | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Appellate | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Civil Rights | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Class Actions - Defense | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Class Actions - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Commercial | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Construction | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Construction - General | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Construction - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Construction Defect (Defense) | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Construction Defect (Plaintiffs) | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Consumer Finance | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Consumer Finance - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Criminal Law | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Document Review | 1 | 1 |
| Litigation - eDiscover | 1 | 1 |
| Litigation - eDiscovery General | 1 | 1 |
| Litigation - Entertainment - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - False Claims Act & Qui Tam - Defense | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Financial Services | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Financial Services - Defense | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Financial Services - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - First Amendment | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Foreclosure (Borrower-side) | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Foreclosure (Lender-side) | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - General (consumer) | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Health Care | 2 | 3 |
| Litigation - Health Care - Defense | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Health Care - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Insurance | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - International Arbitration - Defense | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - International Arbitration - Plaintiffs | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Labor & Employment | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Mass Torts | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Mass Torts - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Mass Torts - Plaintiffs | ||
| Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions/Hostile Takeovers - Defense | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Personal Injury | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Real Estate | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Real Estate - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Litigation - Real Estate - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Securities Litigation - Defense | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Securities Litigation - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Tax | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Tax - Defense | 2 | 3 |
| Litigation - Tax - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Trusts & Estates | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Trusts & Estates - Defense | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Trusts & Estates - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - White Collar Crime & Government Investigations | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - White Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Defense | 3 | 4 |
| Litigation - Workers' Compensation - Defense | 2 | 2 |
| Litigation - Workers' Compensation - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Maritime | 3 | 3 |
| Medical Malpractice - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Medical Malpractice Defense | 2 | 2 |
| Municipal Law | 3 | 3 |
| Municipal Law - Litigation - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Municipal Law - Litigation - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Municipal Law Litigation | 2 | 2 |
| Municipal Law Transactions - Land Use | 3 | 3 |
| Native American Law | 3 | 3 |
| Nonprofit / Charities Law | 3 | 3 |
| Patent Agent - General | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Biochemistry | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Bioengineering | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Chemistry | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Computer Engineering | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Electrical Engineering | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Hard Science General | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Life Science General | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Mechanical | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Organic Chemistry | 3 | 4 |
| Patent Agents - Pharmacology | 3 | 4 |
| Personal Injury Defense | 2 | 2 |
| Personal Injury Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Probate | 2 | 2 |
| Product Liability Defense | 2 | 3 |
| Product Liability Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Professional Liability Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Professional Liability Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Real Estate | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Commercial Transactions | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Development/Dirt law | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Eviction (Litigation) | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Finance | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Foreclosure (Litigation) | 2 | 2 |
| Real Estate - General | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Leasing | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Purchase and Sale (Commercial) | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Purchase and Sale (Residential) | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Residential Transactions | 3 | 3 |
| Real Estate - Tax | 3 | 3 |
| School Boards | 3 | 3 |
| Social Security Law | 2 | 2 |
| Sports | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - Controversy and Dispute Resolution | 2 | 2 |
| Tax - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | 3 | 4 |
| Tax - Exempt Organization | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - Federal | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - General | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - General Practice (Transaction) | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - International | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - IRS Audits and Appeals | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - M&A and Transactions | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - Private Client Services | 3 | 3 |
| Tax - State & Local | 3 | 3 |
| Teachers | 3 | 3 |
| Telecommunications - Transactions | 3 | 4 |
| Toxic Tort - Defense | 3 | 3 |
| Toxic Tort - Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Transportation | 3 | 3 |
| Trucking and Auto Defense | 2 | 2 |
| Trucking and Auto Plaintiffs | 2 | 2 |
| Trusts and Estates | 2 | 2 |
| Trusts and Estates - General | 2 | 2 |
| Water Law | 3 | 3 |
| Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants | 2 | 2 |
| Workers' Compensation Law - Employers | 2 | 2 |
| Workers' Compensation Law - General | 2 | 2 |
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